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Ransomware attacks have been increasing steadily for a few years, and operators gain confidence with every new strike. While cyber-experts burn the midnight oil coming up with solutions to thwart this dangerous form of malware, lawmakers in the U.S. state of Maryland are trying a shortcut – they aim to increase prison time for ransomware […]

Cyber thieves are ramping up their use of malicious codes on e-commerce sites as a way to steal credit card information from consumers, according to a report released Wednesday. Symantec’s annual Internet Security Threat Report said that in 2018 hackers turned to what’s known as “formjacking” in order to “steal credit card details and other […]

The U.S. government — along with a number of leading security companies — recently warned about a series of highly complex and widespread attacks that allowed suspected Iranian hackers to siphon huge volumes of email passwords and other sensitive data from multiple governments and private companies. But to date, the specifics of exactly how that […]